ESPN Music: The Mag 15

ESPN The Magazine is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Whatever You Like” by T.I.“This had to be the team song of the Detroit Lions, whose accommodating performances on the gridiron helped make them the first 0-16 team in NFL history.”

“Superstar” by Lupe Fiasco“Forget his NFL career. Watch this and be reminded Tim Tebow [the speech], on his way to a national title at Florida, was every bit the superstar many wished he could be now.”

“4 Minutes” by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake“The song doesn’t matter. Just remember the '08 Phillies won the franchise’s first World Series since ... before anyone had even heard of Madonna. Yeah, long time.”

“No Air” by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown“As in, when Mario Chalmers hit a last-second 3-point dagger to send Kansas into overtime against Memphis, John Calipari looked like there was no air left in the universe.”

ESPN The Magazine is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Make It Rain” by Fat Joe“That was pretty much all anyone could hope would happen in a game against the 16-0 Patriots, featuring the resurrection of Randy Moss. Or, just wait for the Super Bowl.”

“Umbrella” by Rihanna“Never forget -- Prince killed the Super Bowl halftime in February -- in high heels, in the rain -- and managed to sneak an inappropriate visual into the show for good measure.”

“Party Like a Rock Star” by Shop Boyz“Because this is exactly what Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich did after winning their fourth championship. You know they did.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley“This was the year Steve Nash won his second MVP. Maybe we were crazy? Yeah, possibly.

“Ridin Dirty” by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone“This is more Mark Martin’s flavor, but it was the year Jimmy Johnson won his first of five Cup series championships. If you ain’t ridin’ dirty, you ain’t tryin’.”

“I’m in’ Luv (Wit a Stripper)” by T-Pain“At once, a young athlete’s dream, and the soundtrack to the veteran’s cautionary tales.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris“No need to explain, when this one was everywhere.”

“Hey Ya!” by OutKast“Since it was hip-hop, but not really, the all-purpose choice for many arenas until they ran this one into the ground.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, right here on Sounds, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“21 Questions” by 50 Cent“See, this is the year baseball really started asking questions about performance enhancing drugs, getting back the answers they both expected and feared.”

“Where is the Love?” by Black Eyed Peas“Shaq, Kobe, after three rings, you found the love? Nah, didn’t think so.”

“Air Force Ones” by Nelly featuring the St. Lunatics“For 2003 is the beginning of the season that saw Rasheed Wallace become an NBA champion.”

“Cry Me A River” by Justin Timberlake“From Chicago, to Bartman, with love.”

“When I’m Gone” by 3 Doors Down“For 2002 was the year Mike Tyson said he was going to “fade into oblivion” after losing to Lennox Lewis. Instead, he fell into...being likable?”

“Real Good Man” by Tim McGraw“For Tiger Woods winning the Tiger Slam, though it might work better if the title were “Real Good, Man” instead.”

“Miss Independent” by Kelly Clarkson“Sure, Serena Williams won three Grand Slams titles, but don’t forget the Australian Open saw Jennifer Capriati go back-to-back long after we thought that was possible.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, right here on Sounds, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“How You Remind Me” by Nickelback

“Much like Indiana somehow made the final game of the NCAA tournament and Ohio State eventually won a national title that year, these guys somehow had the No. 1 song on Billboard’s year-end chart.”

“Lose Yourself” by Eminem

“Because every 'scrappy' athlete and resuscitated automaker needed an anthem, and Mr. Mathers is their Francis Scott Key.”

“Still Fly” by Big Tymers

“Ten years later, ESPN aired a 30 for 30 dedicated to this club classic.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, right here on Sounds, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. This is 2001. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Where the Party At” by Jagged Edge featuring Nelly

“Guaranteed this was the first thing Mike Krzyzewski said when he won his third championship, one more than Dean Smith. Or maybe not.”

“Take It to Da House” by Trick Daddy

“And that’s just what the '01 Miami Hurricanes, possibly the greatest college football team ever, did.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, right here on Sounds, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The "Around the Horn" panelist will pick and discuss the biggest hits of the past 15 years. This is 2000. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas

“Basically, the only person more dominant than Santana was at the Grammys was Tiger Woods.”

“Higher” by Creed

“The year started roughly for Ray Lewis. But, like Creed, he and his religious rhetoric wound up on top, even if they got on people’s nerves in the process.”

This month, ESPN The Magazine celebrates its 15th Anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, right here on Sounds, The Mag will look back and generate exclusive playlists curated by Bomani Jones. The Around the Horn panelist will pick out and discuss the biggest hits of the last 15 years. This is 1999. Listen to the entire playlist below.

“Believe” by Cher

“Fourteen years later, you can’t get away from this song. It’s here because you thought you got away...but nope!”

“Bills, Bills, Bills” by Destiny’s Child

“Booming economic times meant many athletes heard some version of this message many, many times.”

To commemorate the milestone, The Mag will look back, year by year, to the athletes that thrilled us, to the moments that moved us, and to the sounds that inspired us. Right here on Sounds, we will generate exclusive playlists created and curated by Bomani Jones. The Around the Horn panelist will pick out and discuss the biggest hits of the last 15 years, starting with 1998.